Les champions du monde: negation in the perfect tense
Learning outcomes
I can communicate in the perfect tense using four different negative structures to ask about sporting achievements in the French speaking world.
I can recognise and pronounce [on] and [om].
Les champions du monde: negation in the perfect tense
Learning outcomes
I can communicate in the perfect tense using four different negative structures to ask about sporting achievements in the French speaking world.
I can recognise and pronounce [on] and [om].
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Lesson details
Vocabulary and transcripts for this lessons
Key learning points
- [on] and [om] are nasal sounds but become non-nasal before a vowel or when part of a double consonant: [onne] or [omme].
- ne ... rien, like ne ... pas and ne ... jamais, wraps around the auxiliary verb in perfect tense.
- ne ... personne is different to other negatives in the past tense. Personne comes after the past participle.
- Sports successful in francophone nations include skiing, football, tennis, swimming, judo and ice dancing.
Keywords
Nasal vowel - when air passes through both the mouth and the nose to produce a vowel sound
Non-nasal vowel - when air passes only through the mouth to produce a vowel sound
Ne ... personne - not anyone, no one
Common misconception
The negative structure ne ... personne is formed the same way as ne ... pas and ne ... jamais in the perfect tense.
Ne ... personne is unusual in that the second component (personne) comes after the past participle in the perfect tense.
Equipment
Mini whiteboards and pens would be useful for the shorter checking for understanding style activities.
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